. Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains. . a profit. Among other things, an excellentdouble wagon was pointed out to me, which he had purchased forseventy-five cents. The blacksmiths shop was an equally profit-able concern; as, when the smith was indisposed to work himself,he rented the use of shop and tools for the modest price of seventy-five cents an hour, and it was not until after waiting for severalhours that I could get the privilege of shoeing two of the horses,even at that price, the
. Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains. . a profit. Among other things, an excellentdouble wagon was pointed out to me, which he had purchased forseventy-five cents. The blacksmiths shop was an equally profit-able concern; as, when the smith was indisposed to work himself,he rented the use of shop and tools for the modest price of seventy-five cents an hour, and it was not until after waiting for severalhours that I could get the privilege of shoeing two of the horses,even at that price, the forge having been in constant use by theemigrants. Scotts Bluff, according to om- measurement, is fivehundred and ninety-six miles from Fort Leavenworth, two hun-dred and eighty-five from Fort Kearny, and fifty-one from FortLaramie. Thursday, July 12.—Bar. ; Ther. at sunrise, 53°. Wearrived to-day at Fort Laramie, and encamped a short distanceabove, on Laramies Fork, a fine, rapid stream, about fifty yardswide. Here we remained until the 18th, recruiting our animals,getting them shod, repairing our wagons, and making the necessary.
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